Deputy Mayor opens Discovery Day at Angel Centre

Last Updated:
06th October 2017

Last Updated: 06 Oct 2017 3:29pm

On Thursday 5 October, around 70
students with special needs from three different schools and one college joined
the Deputy Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling, Cllr Pam Bates, for the 2017
Discovery Day at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge.

Organised by Tonbridge &
Malling Borough Council in conjunction with the Tonbridge and Malling Leisure
Trust, the day provided the children with a wide range of sporting activities to
take part in including basketball, arts & crafts, trampolining, handball,
judo, boxing (non-contact), gymnastics, short tennis, boccia, sitting
volleyball, zumba and Boxfit, many of which were delivered by local clubs and
coaches.

The event was sponsored by Fidelity
International which also volunteered a number of members of their staff to help
run the day. Vicki Haxton, from the Fidelity charity committee, says:
"Fidelity is pleased to support this great local initiative which introduces
sporting and leisure activities to local children. The disability sports
awareness day is such a pleasure for us to be a part of, and it is heart-warming
to see the children discovering something new."

Tonbridge Lions Club also supported
the event. Vice President, Gordon Hill, attended and along with the Deputy
Mayor welcomed all the children and staff to what looked to be a great day of
fun activities.

Cllr Pam Bates, Deputy Mayor of
Tonbridge and Malling, says: "Many thanks to everyone involved in making the
Discovery Day such a success – it was great to see children enjoying such a
great range of activities. Many of them
were trying something they had never done before so it was exciting to see them
being so creative and mastering new skills."

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